The Optical 005 - Ray Harryhausen, Clash of the Titans, The State of 3D, Roy Arbogast, Caveman, Cinefex 5

Complete show notes (with links) are available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/005/

We chat with Jose Vazquez about Clash of the Titans, Ray Harryhausen’s other stop-motion creature films, Roy Arbogast’s work on the shark for Jaws and other physical effects, and experience the prehistoric comedy, Caveman. We also interview special guest Ed Marsh about the stop motion techniques in Chicken Run, and discuss the current state (and the future) of 3D movies.

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Features

* Ray Harryhausen

* Clash of the Titans (1981)

* Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

* Roy Arbogast

* Jaws (1975)

* Caveman (1981)

* Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch.

Guests

* Jose Vazquez, Harryhausen fan

* Ed Marsh, filmmaker and Stereoscopic Supervisor on several recent films

Music

* All tracks by Digital Droo, featuring his new single, 2AM

Research Materials

* Cinefex 5 — July 1981, available in the Cinefex iPad app

* Revisiting Cinefex (5): Ray Harryhausen, Titans, Roy Arbogast and Caveman by Graham Edwards

* Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan documentary

* Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton

More bits

* Celebrating Cinefex

* Willis O’Brien Revisited by Don Shy, on the Cinefex Blog

* Furia de titanes

* The 7th Voyage of Sinbad skeleton fight

* Ray Harryhausen’s Evolution footage

* The Harryhausen Chronicles behind the scenes documentary

* Stop Motion on Wikipedia

* Ray Harryhausen filmography

* George Pal’s Puppetoons

* The War of the Worlds (1953)

* Harryhausen’s Army training films and his Mother Goose stories can be seen in Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

* Mighty Joe Young (1949)

* CGI water breakdowns by Important Looking Pirates

* Position Based Fluids demo from 2013, which may lead to more realistic CGI fluid simulations

* Ted smith talks about his work on the Titanic “miniature”

* Boinx iStopMotion apps for Mac, iPad, and the Remote Camera app for iPhone

* Clash of the Titans (2010)

* He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

* Justice League

* Young Justice

* Fantasia (1940)

* The Thief of Bagdad (1940) free to watch on Hulu

* Visual Effects documentary about the technical achievements of The Thief of Bagdad.

* A 9-inch Bubo that you can put on your shoulder

* Aardman Animations

* Chicken Run

* Pillsbury Doughboy commercial from 1982

* Flushed Away CGI animation

* Ghosts of the Abyss

* Under Pressure: Making The Abyss in slightly less than 37 parts on YouTube

* James Cameron and Vince Pace’s Fusion Camera System

* “Ironically, director André de Toth was blind in one eye and unable to experience stereo vision or the 3-D effects. ‘It’s one of the great Hollywood stories,’ Vincent Price recalled. ‘When they wanted a director for a 3-D film, they hired a man who couldn’t see 3-D at all!’” — from House of Wax (1953 film) on Wikipedia

* Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) in 3D

* When the Movie is 3D, But the NLEs Are 2D featuring the diagram of 3D workflow from Journey to the Center of the Earth

* Avatar (2009) in 3D

* Prime Focus World’s 3D conversion work

* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) in 3D

* Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) in 3D

* SCTV: Monster Chiller Horror Theater presents Dr. Tongue’s 3D House of Stewardesses

* The Eye as Camera from Laurie Anderson’s Nerve Bible (transcript)

* Up in 3D

* Douglas Trumbull’s UFOTOG demo film for his new 120P/3D/4K “Magi” process

* Showscan

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